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Book chapter
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Reference no. BEP1730
Chapter from: "A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation"
Published by: Business Expert Press
Originally published in: 2013

Abstract

This chapter is excerpted from ‘A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation'. Conducting good research is critical to any student today. Writing good research papers is equally important-yet many students have not been given the proper tools to convey cogently the results of their research. A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation is intended to address and redress this need. This book is literally a step-by-step approach to the writing of an undergraduate or graduate level research paper in the field of economics. The primary audience for this book consists of those students who have not conducted research or written a research paper, or those students that are looking for ways of improving their research skills. Most books concerned with research writing are broadly applied. They approach the subject generally, which is to say that they don't lay out a particular path to conducting research. Yet a specific path offering a specific focus to writing research is exactly what is needed for most students. This book provides that focus. For example, A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation doesn't cover a dozen different search engines to perform a literature review; it specifies only EconLit. Nor is the student left to decide what scholarly publications are important ones to review; the book emphasizes only the use of journal impact factors found through RePEc to rank journal articles and their importance to the literature at large. Whereas other books provide an overview of how to present research, with only cursory suggestions and tips, A Beginners Guide to Economic Research and Presentation provides precise details on all aspects of research writing, including how many PowerPoint slides one should prepare for presentations and how much content should be on each slide. In short, unlike other books, this book provides a specific approach to conducting research, writing a paper, and presenting its material.

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Abstract

This chapter is excerpted from ‘A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation'. Conducting good research is critical to any student today. Writing good research papers is equally important-yet many students have not been given the proper tools to convey cogently the results of their research. A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation is intended to address and redress this need. This book is literally a step-by-step approach to the writing of an undergraduate or graduate level research paper in the field of economics. The primary audience for this book consists of those students who have not conducted research or written a research paper, or those students that are looking for ways of improving their research skills. Most books concerned with research writing are broadly applied. They approach the subject generally, which is to say that they don't lay out a particular path to conducting research. Yet a specific path offering a specific focus to writing research is exactly what is needed for most students. This book provides that focus. For example, A Beginner's Guide to Economic Research and Presentation doesn't cover a dozen different search engines to perform a literature review; it specifies only EconLit. Nor is the student left to decide what scholarly publications are important ones to review; the book emphasizes only the use of journal impact factors found through RePEc to rank journal articles and their importance to the literature at large. Whereas other books provide an overview of how to present research, with only cursory suggestions and tips, A Beginners Guide to Economic Research and Presentation provides precise details on all aspects of research writing, including how many PowerPoint slides one should prepare for presentations and how much content should be on each slide. In short, unlike other books, this book provides a specific approach to conducting research, writing a paper, and presenting its material.

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